Russian Interior Ministry staff are again holding the Police Father Frost campaign, bringing holiday cheer and gifts to children in orphanages, schools, boarding schools and shelters across the country. This year more than 600 events and over 800 institutions are planned, where police will also remind children about safety rules during the New Year period. The campaign will be a bright finale to the annual marathon of good deeds aimed at helping children and preventing offenses.
Employees of the units of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs system give a holiday and New Year gifts, sharing the warmth of their hearts with children whose lives are not all going well. In each territorial body of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs there are their own sponsored orphanages, schools, boarding schools and shelters, where the police are awaited as friends, older comrades and helpers.In total, during the “Police Father Frost” campaign, more than 600 different events are planned, and employees of internal affairs bodies will visit more than 800 children's institutions, in which thousands of children and adults will take part.
During the events, Father Frost and Snow Maiden will appear at railway stations and airports, as well as on the country's roads together with traffic police inspectors, to remind citizens of the need to observe personal safety rules during the New Year period and throughout the coming year. In addition, on the eve of the winter holidays, talks are held with children and adults on observing road safety rules and traffic regulations.
The “Police Father Frost” campaign is not a one-time charity, but the annual finale of a marathon of good deeds by internal affairs units in all regions of Russia, aimed at helping children, preserving children's lives and health, and preventing crime.
Based on materials from the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs